to pass from the immens Current & falling banks on the S. S.) the Boat Struck the point of one from the active exertions of the men, prevented her turning, if She had turned She must have overset.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Besides some other recurrent sacrifices, there are very many which are to be offered on some particular occasion, or for the attainment of some special object.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Holywell Street, Millbank, Westminster, on the receipt of a Post Office Order for that amount; and by order, of the principal Booksellers and Music Warehouses.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

They are either products of early philosophy, reflecting on the nature of the universe; or they are political in scope, being designed to supply a thread of union between the various worships of groups, originally distinct, which have been united into one social or political organism; or, finally, they are due to the free play of epic imagination.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

But through the association thus formed, it may be felt a good in itself, and desired as such with as great intensity as any other good; and with this difference between it and the love of money, of power, or of fame, that all of these may, and often do, render the individual noxious to the other members of the society to which he belongs, whereas there is nothing which makes him so much a blessing to them as the cultivation of the disinterested, love of virtue.
— from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

An unknown man in a lonely place is a permitted object of fear to a young woman privately bred; and the figure that faced me was—a few more seconds assured me—as little anyone else I knew as it was the image that had been in my mind.
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

I went to sup with my brother and his wife, who were delighted to see me, and told me that I had come just in time to use a little gentle persuasion on our friend the abbe, of whom they had got tired.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

“And did you think,” she said, looking at me, I thought, with a sort of pity, “that princesses, out of fairy tales, are so ready to marry lovers of low degree, no matter how rich or how gallant?
— from The Pride of Jennico: Being a Memoir of Captain Basil Jennico by Egerton Castle

He felt obliged to construct a mechanical plot, to surcharge his characters, to moralize openly and baldly; he permitted himself to "sympathize" with certain of his people, and to point out others for the abhorrence of his readers.
— from Criticism and Fiction by William Dean Howells

[399] The derivation seems easily discovered:—the place was noted in distant ages for the passage of oxen from the adjacent fields in Buckinghamshire, and a bridge was constructed over the river Colne, which flows near the town.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

We talked in low tones of the girls of Bagdad, of the police, of opportunities for theft, and of such other topics as are common to the poor, till, naturally, we came to wine.
— from The Mercy of Allah by Hilaire Belloc

But even if they should take advantage of the absence of part of our force to attack us, they would not know how strong a party had been left behind, and would be cautious for a bit; but I do not suppose that we should be able to resist a determined onslaught.
— from Out with Garibaldi: A story of the liberation of Italy by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Answers to the more popular objections, omitted from this article through lack of space, will appear in a book, Standardising the Dollar , which I hope to publish in 1915.
— from Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

It was rumoured that Captain Jasper was extremely angry on hearing the committee's decision, but he nevertheless continued his habitual policy of outward friendliness to all men.
— from The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 127, October to March, 1909 by Various

We were a pleasant party of old friends together as we sat down that night, with mutual interests and associations to talk over, and the conversation drifted from one topic to another, in easy sequence.
— from A Master Hand: The Story of a Crime by Richard Dallas